14 AMERICAN MARINE CONCHOLOGT. 



Bod}- cylindrical, obtuse posteriorl3\ Fins short, transversely 

 oval. Shell dilated, very broad, central keeled, narrow in front. 



Delaware Bay (Lesueur), Fort Macon, North Carolina ; 



Southern Atlantic Ocean to Brazil. 



2. L. PUNCTATA, De Kay. Figs. 10, 11. 



Moll., New York, 3, t. 1, f. 1. 1843. 



Body cylindrical, thick, somewhat tapering posteriorly. Fins 

 broadly rhomboidal, nearly half the length of the body. Cups 

 irregularl}' placed, numerous. 



This beautiful squid is nearly allied to the L. Fealiiof Lesueur, 

 but this latter has the suckers arranged in two regular series. It 

 has also a membrane along the lateral edges of the arms, and an 

 acute termination of the caudal extremity. 



Fig. 11 represents a bunch of egg-cases and an embr3'o, highly 



magnified. (Copied from De Kay.) 



New York; Connecticut. 



3. L. Pealii, Lesueur. Fig. 12. 



Journ. Philad. Acad., ii. 92, t. 8, f. 1, 2. 1821. 



Body elongate, subconical, acuminated posteriori}-. Fins rhom- 

 boidal, thick, occupying about three-fifths of the length. Sessile 

 arms long ; cups very oblique, in two rows. Shell lanceolate, 



narrow. 



Entire Atlantic Coast. 



Genus SEPIOLA, Rondelet. 

 Piscis et Aquat., i. 510. 1554. 

 The body in this genus is round and purse-like, and the short 

 dorsal fins are rounded and contracted at the base. Distribution 

 universal. 

 1. S. Atlantica, Orb. et Ferussac. Fig. 13. 



Ceplial. Acet., 235, t. 4, f. 1-12. 1839. 

 Sepiola vulc/aris, Gervais & Van Beneden, Bull. Acad. BrnxcUes, iv. No. 7. 



1849. 

 Sepiola oceanica, Orb. Moll. Viv. et Foss, t. 10, f. 13. 1845. 



Fins oval, far apart. Sessile arms short, unequal, with two 



rows of cups; the lower pair with eight rows of smaller cups at 



the tip; proportionate lengths 3, 2, 4, 1 ; cups small, oblique, in 



two series ; lateral arms larger. Tentacular arms long. Shell 



linear, narrow, gradually enlarged ujiwards and spathulate behind 



the tip ; sides thickened. 



Atlantic Ocean. 



